thrust

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the force used in pushing

- the thrust of the jet engines

Similar word(s): push

Definition categories: phenomenon, force

2. a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

Similar word(s): stab

Definition categories: act, blow

3. the act of applying force to propel something

Similar word(s): drive

Definition categories: act, actuation, propulsion

4. verbal criticism

- he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians

Definition categories: communication, criticism

5. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

- he made a thrusting motion with his fist

Similar word(s): jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting

Definition categories: act, gesture

Sentences with thrust as a noun:

- Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.

- The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"

- Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.

- Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really fitness.

verb

1. push forcefully

- He thrust his chin forward

Definition categories: motion, force, push

2. press or force

- She thrust the letter into his hand

Similar word(s): shove, squeeze, stuff

Definition categories: motion, force, push

3. make a thrusting forward movement

Similar word(s): hurl, hurtle, lunge

Definition categories: motion, move

4. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

Similar word(s): force

Definition categories: communication, compel, obligate, oblige

5. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

Similar word(s): pierce

Definition categories: contact, penetrate, perforate

6. force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

Definition categories: stative

7. push upward

- The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air

Definition categories: stative, jut, project, protrude

8. place or put with great energy

- thrust the money in the hands of the beggar

Similar word(s): throw

Definition categories: contact, lay, place, pose, position, put, set

Sentences with thrust as a verb:

- We thrust at the enemy with our forces.

- I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.

- He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.

- to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument